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Special Notice - FAA Intent to Award a Single Source Procurement for Cybersecurity Exercise Information Technology (IT) Operational Support Services

692M15-22-C-00010

Federal Aviation Administration, 692M15 Acquisition & Grants, AAQ600.

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Awarded

Ultimate Knowledge LLC

$247,277.14 obligated so far on USAspending

Description

As published on SAM.gov.

In accordance with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Acquisition Management System (AMS) Policy Section 3.2.2.4, the purpose of this announcement is to inform industry of the basis for the FAA's decision to contract on a single source basis with Ultimate Knowledge Institute (UKI), based out of Scottsdale, Arizona.

The FAA has a requirement for Information Technology (IT) Operational Support Services for support in planning, coordination, execution, and after-action review of cyber exercises utilizing the Government Off the Shelf (GOTS) Live-Lab Advanced Visual Analytics (LAVA) suite application and tools developed by John’s Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab.

The skills to support installation, operation and maintenance (IOM) of LAVA software are unique in that one must be familiar with the specific program code as well as the unique configuration settings to successfully deploy and utilize the software. The FAA’s LAVA suite application tools are adapted from the DOD tool; when the DOD makes changes to their base tool, the FAA must mirror those changes, as well as incorporate any specific changes the FAA requires.

The FAA requires support by recognized subject matter experts (SMEs) in deploying, upgrading and maintaining the specific applications the FAA utilizes within LAVA: MATT, Galaxy and Pointillist. Ultimate Knowledge Institute (UKI) is the only known firm capable of meeting the FAA’s specific requirement to provide SME support for the IOM of the LAVA suite application, and MATT, Galaxy and Pointillist tools. Accordingly, a competitive solicitation is not available for this procurement.

The FAA is not seeking or accepting unsolicited proposals. The FAA is not liable for any costs associated with the preparing of a response to this announcement. If you have any questions, these may be submitted to Lisen Minetti (lisen.c.minetti@faa.gov), by no later than 5 PM (EDT) on April 23, 2024.

The contract, on USAspending

Federal procurement data the awarding office reported to FPDS, matched to this solicitation by its number.

Recipient
Ultimate Knowledge LLC
UEI
MQ1TKVG8MN89
CAGE
1T1E2
Vendor location
Scottsdale, AZ
Contract
692M1522C00010, definitive contract
Obligated
$247,277.14, current value $385,756, potential $1,774,527
Actions
6 between May 17, 2024 and July 17, 2025
Competition
Not Competed, 1 offer received
Set-aside reported
No Set Aside Used.
Described as
AIS-330 Support in Planning, Coordination, Execution, After-Action Review of Cybersecurity Exercises, and the Development of New Capabilities in Connection with Cybersecurity Planning Requirements.
Match
solicitation number 692M1522C00010 was reused as the contract number; same awarding office 692M15 (high confidence)
Record
USAspending award page

Publications

Every notice SAM.gov issued under this solicitation number, oldest first. Each is a separate record on SAM.

  1. April 19, 2024

    Special notice

    Due April 23, 2024 at 5:00 PM EDT. SAM.gov, notice 9d8282479b4a4734899dc0b22dedbd67

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